Time to study...

My prayer:
Awesome Father, God of all creation.  I am at a loss tonight.  I have fragments of thoughts running through my mind, but nothing to really talk about.  I have all the same desires of my heart. I am grateful for all of the same blessings.  I continue to lift up all of the same needs of my family and friends.  But, you know all of that. 

Life has been a constant state of change for awhile.  So much so that change is becoming common place.  I am not complaining.  I love change. I love the new things.  But, when change becomes common place, where do I find the same excitement that I use to get from change? 

Oh God, I don't know.  I mean really things are great.  I think I am just in a Sunday night funk.  Probably I need to stop talking and focus on listening to you.  I bet it will be a whole lot more interesting.  Love you Daddy.

What God Said Tonight:
Why don't you know your own mind tonight?  It is not like you to be  at a loss for words.  You are still on the path I have picked for you. You are still doing what I planned.  You don't need the bells and whistles every moment to show you that you are on the right path.  Let it be enough that I have told you that you are right where I want you to be doing exactly what you are meant to be doing. Let my words be enough. 

Life is not always excitement and fireworks.  If you had miracles in your life constantly, you would lose the appreciation for them.  Like you said about change, when change becomes common place it loses its excitement.  The same is true of most things. 

A day lived with me is miraculous on its own.  You will see great miracles and you will be a part of them.  I have told you that is so.  You have already seen many.  One day, two days, a season of quiet miracles, of the miracle of living each day, those are good seasons too.  They help you appreciate the rest. 

I need you to use this time to study.  I need you to use this time to build up your faith and your knowledge.  I need you to prepare.  The next season is on its way in my perfect timing.  I know you get restless.  Use the energy from that restlessness to fuel you to be better, to learn more to love more.  The rest will come in time.  Know my word better.  Sow it deep in your heart that it is ready and available at all times.  Spend time with me, asking, seeking, and sometimes just being with me. 

I am your light and I am your guide.  I am the answer to every question you will ever have.  I am the excitement you seek.  We have more excitement than you can imagine this year.  Wait until you see.  In the meantime, prepare and wait with anticipation.  I will keep my arms wrapped around you and keep you in my heart.  You are mine and I am yours forever.  See me in everything.  Not only did I create everything but I created it for a purpose.  Look for me, look for my purpose.  Learn, study, grow.  Love you so much my daughter.  Keep reaching.

Judgemental...

My prayer:
Fantastic day God! Thank you for another great sabbath, another great day of rest.  You are so amazing Father.  I love you and I love the life you have given me.  I know that I am not always as grateful as I should be. I know that I don't always get things right.  As a matter of fact, I so often do the opposite of what I know I should do.  If I were serving judgement on my own life, I don't think I would fare very well.  I am glad that you are the judge God and that you are more merciful and forgiving than I have ever been. 

How is it God that we who are so imperfect feel the right to judge others and point out what we see as their flaws?  Where did that come from?  It seems pretty pervasive.  Most people I know do it.  We may not all talk about it but most of us do it, judge others. 

You don't tell us to judge others.  You tell us to love them and leave the judgement to you.  Why do we, why do I so consistently get that wrong? I pray God and ask for your help.  I ask that whatever it is that makes me judgemental of others that you take that out of me, that you help me to love and never judge.  I pray that you help me to remember that you are the only judge and more than capable of fulfilling that role. 

You are my everything God.  Help me get this right. In Jesus name, amen.

What God Said Tonight:
Judgement, being judgemental is a tricky thing.  It is attractive because as long as you are judging someone else critically, you can feel that you must be better than them to be able to recognize their flaw.  But the thing is, you only recognize the flaws in others that you yourself have.  When you're finding fault with your brother, with our sister, you need to take out your mirror and check yourself.  I guarantee that most if not all of the time, you will find that very same flaw within yourself. 

So, being judgemental of others, in truth, does not prove that you are better than they are, it only exposes the areas that you still need to work on.  The more you think of it this way, the less you will find yourself being judgemental.  You are not here to judge.  You are here to love. 

One of the best ways to love your brother and sister is to recognize the similarities between you, the connections.  Those connections and similarities can be positive traits or negative or even neutral but they are the connections that make you build your relationships.  Concentrate on the connections and similarities to bring you closer together instead of allowing judgemental attitudes tear you apart.  Take that thing that satan meant to harm you and use it as a tool to recognize commonalities and connect. 

I love you daughter, flaws and all.  I love the process of your perfection. You are on a path of growth and divine purpose.  I have great plans that have yet to be realized in your life.  Each sin that you expose and deal with brings you one step closer to that future.  Keep digging, keep asking, keep seeking.  I am here with you in it all.  I love you forever.

At the core...

My prayer:
Awesome God, thank you for an awesome day.  You are so amazing God.  I know I keep saying it but it is never really enough.  I can never tell you how I truly feel about you because there simply are not enough words. 

My God, thank you for putting such amazing people in my life.  Thank you for this life that you designed for me.  I love you so much!  What an amazing privilege that you allow us to talk to you.  What a ridiculously fantastic honor that you talk back to us God. 

I pray God that you are never silent in my life.  I need your voice and your guidance every day.  I am nothing without you.  I can do all things through you though. 

I seem to be hearing a lot about knowing who I am according to you God.  About recognizing my worth through you and your opinion of me, not through my own eyes, my accomplishments or other people's opinions of me.  If I could truly get that, if I could truly derive my worth from what you think of me and how you see me, then pride, jealousy, envy, self doubt and all of that would never be an issue again. God help me to get there.  Help me to know who I am by who you say I am and nothing else.  I think that would be  a very good thing. 

I love you God.  What is on your mind and heart tonight:

What God Said Tonight:
It would be a very good thing.  I have tried to convey to you how I feel about you, how I see you.  I have spent thousands of years trying to get my children to see themselves and others the way that I see them.  I know it is hard.  It seems unnatural.  But really, it is the most natural thing in the world.  It is the image that I created you in. 

If you can understand your source, that you were made in our image and for a great purpose, if you can understand and truly believe your origin, you might begin to understand your worth and who you really are. 

You are not a combination of your experiences and your accomplishments.  Those are your experiences and those are things that effect you.  But at your core, at the source of who you are, is my image. 

When you look to me and love me, when you are in awe of me and when you have those feelings of incredible amazement, understand that you were made in that image.  At your heart and at your core, that is who you are.  You have trouble seeing it because the experiences and trauma of sin and life blind you to it.  They are like layers of burlap cloth.  Heavy and course and as they are layered on top of you, they block out all of the light. They block the essence of who you are until even you don't remember.  It is time to shake off the burlap sacks and see the light and the essence of who you are again. 

I died so that you don't have to keep the covering of sin over you anymore.  I came and died so that you could be free and let that light shine again. 

Remind yourself daily of who you really are.  Remind yourself every day that you and all of your brothers and sisters were made in our image.  That the reflection of us is in your core being.  You are my children.  I say it a lot but take a minute tonight and really think about that.  You are not only my children in that you are my charge and responsibility that I love and take care of. You are also my children in that you have my DNA.  You were created in our image.  You have me in you.  You, at the core, at the deepest level are a reflection, a copy of my image. 

When you look in the mirror, start looking deeper, see the core, see me.  Remind yourself of this every day.  Remind yourself that under the experiences of you and of our brothers and sisters, at the core, you are the same reflection of me.  That is what makes you so special and so important.  The children of the most high God. 

You are so beautiful.  I cherish you.  You are my royalty placed on this earth to rule and to serve.  I love you my shining star.  Sleep well again tonight.

I see all of you...

My prayer:
Mighty God you are so amazing.  I love you God.  I remain in awe of you every day.  God, miracle healing, right now, right here, every day.  Miracle provision, right now, right here, every day.  God you are an every day amazing God. 

Thank you that every morning, you are the first thing I experience.  Thank you for being my last thought, my last experience before I go to sleep.  Thank you for the dreams you give me.  Thank you God for being in me, in my life, every day. 

When I decided to really start living my life for you God, I had no idea how great it would be.  I had no idea what it was to live with purpose, joy, and miracles every day.  Had I known, had I really known, I wouldn't have wasted all of those years.  I wouldn't have wasted my time going after what the world has to offer.  Forgive me for wasting time.  Forgive me for every moment spent away from you.  Thank you God that I never have to live another day, another moment without you.  I love you God.

What God Said Tonight:
Don't worry about time lost.  You know that time is relative.  I can make time, stretch time, shorten time.  I have the timeline under control.  We have eternity together. 

Every moment of your life has led you to me here today.  Every moment has had purpose.  Every moment is packed with purpose and intention for your life. 

So, yes, the years when you were running from me were hard.  Hard for you and hard for me.  But I was always with you and I knew even then that we would be here together tonight.  You and me together forever.  I knew even in your darkest moment that we would have these times of intense joy and intimacy together. 

I know your potential.  When I see you, I don't just see who you are today, I see who you can and will be.  I see the who you were and what you came through.  I see all of you and I love every part of you.  I love the struggles you survive.  Your scars are beautiful and show your strength and wisdom gained.  I love the striving in you today to be all that you can be.  I love the future you that is doing and accomplishing things you cannot imagine today.  I love all of you. 

I know that you don't see yourself this way but I wish you could.  I wish you could know you the way that I do. 

I wish you could know others this way too.  It isn't hard to love someone when you understand the the pain they have survived, the struggle they are in today and the incredible future planned for their lives.  When you see the whole picture, it is easy to love them. 

Rest peacefully tonight, no regrets.  Value yourself as I value you.  You are my most precious gem.  Sweet dreams my love.

Pay attention...

My prayer:

Wow God, 22 minutes of technical difficulties just to get the blog editor to load tonight! You must have something REALLY good to say tonight if there was that much trouble trying to block it! I love you and I will get out of your way. What is on your mind.

What God Said Tonight:

Watch and wait. There is about to be a move of my Spirit like you have never known or heard about. You will be going about your everyday business and there will be unexplainable things, unexplainable blessings and miracles.

They will be all around you but you will have to pay attention. Many people will have the same miracles happening in their lives, but they will miss it. It will be miraculous but somewhat subtle as well. It will be for those who are paying a attention. Pay attention so you see what I am about to do.

I don't need everybody to see this new move, this expression of my power on earth. This is just for my children. This is just to bless and strengthen the faith of my children. So please pay attention. Don't put your blinders on getting busy with everyday, routine tasks. Open your eyes to the miracle that is me in your life. Open your mind to the possibility that I am going to do a brand new thing. Keep your spirit open to receive what I have to give.

You are my chosen and I have some very special things to show you, to share with you, if you pay attention. I love you and I want to show you these things. I want you to understand what I have available for you. I want you to understand my power and my ability to accomplish anything. ANYTHING. I want you to see this so open our eyes. I love you so much. Don't miss this.

The field of your future...

My prayer:
Awesome God!  You are ALWAYS so right about EVERYTHING!  God thank you for wisdom and understanding.  Thank you for incredible friends who know exactly what to say even when they may not even understand what all is going on.  Thank you for friends who pray even when I don't ask for prayer.  Thank you for the amazing love you have surrounded me with--your love, love from family, love from friends. 

God, how incredible you are!  THANK YOU!!! I pray God that you multiply the blessing back to the amazing people you put in my life to bless me.  I pray that you multiply the blessing they give me back into their lives.  I ask God that you let me be a part of the blessing if possible but more importantly, BLESS THEM!  They deserve every good gift you have God. 

Pour out your blessing on your children tonight!  Pour it out to overflow on your children God.  Let them be drunk in the overflow of your Spirit.  Wow, I feel like dancing!!!  Now you know that doesn't happen a lot! LOVE YOU!!!

What God Said Tonight:
It is good to see you back!  It is good to see you out of the valley tonight.  All it really took was some changed perspective.  Seeing the pain, the emotion for what it truly was. 

Be able to recognize your enemy.  He truly wants to destroy you.  You are under my protection and I won't let him actually destroy you as long as you don't let go of me, but, he will try.  It is his job.  It is what he does and who he is.  

He hates my children.  He hates my children who worship me.  You don't need to focus on him.  The more you focus on something the bigger it can get in your life.  But be sure to recognize him quickly and use the weapon of my Word against him.  You will prevail.  We will always win when we fight together.  The quicker you can recognize the source, the quicker you can get free. 

I love you daughter and I am always with you.  You go ahead and celebrate tonight.  You have come through the valley and you are poised to step into the future I have been telling you about.  That future is so good, you truly can't imagine. 

Take my hand and lets step into the field of your future.  The grass is ripe and ready for harvest.  The sun is out and shining golden on the stalks.  They are ready for you and me.  Let's get to work.  Love you to the depth of me and with everything that I AM.

Up to the challenge...

My prayer:
Awesome God, my Father.  God I worship you.  I am grateful for you.  Thank you for the talk during our hike today.  I love those times of just prolonged conversation.  I needed to hear from you. 

I still have some work to do to get through this season but I feel more confident that I can.  God, as long as I have you, I have hope and can make it through anything.  As long as I hear your voice I can do what you are asking me to do.  Please always let me hear your voice. 

I love you God.  It has been all about me lately God.  What is on your mind?  What can I do for you tonight, tomorrow, forever?

What God Said Tonight:
Do not fear.  I sense some level of fear remains with you.  Fear that you cannot do what I have asked you to do.  Fear that you are not up to the challenge.  You are or I would not ask it of you. 

It will not be easy.  Growth is never easy. Sometimes I need you to stretch for me.  Sometimes I need you to struggle for me.  Other times, I need you to relax and let me take the reins.  Sometimes it all flows and you don't even feel like you are doing anything.  Those can be times of growth too, especially for you.  You would always prefer to act instead of sitting back and letting someone else act.  So, even though this challenge is hard, focus on the fact that you have the control and the ability to take action.  I have given you that ability, that control for this situation to help you grow.  Be glad that you get to be active in this one.  That might make it less hard. 

But regardless, step out and trust.  Step out and do what I have told you to do.  Step out and love even when you have no reason to believe you will receive the love back.  Trust even when you are afraid.  Do this because I need you to do it.  Do this trusting me to take care of you. 

I love you  and I know you can do this.  I know you are up to the challenge.  Do not fear tomorrow.  Do not fear failure.  Do not fear the challenge.  How many times have I asked you to do something crazy impossible and later it turned out to be just the right thing?  I will never lead you wrong.  I will guide you always. 

I have a great and mighty future for you and I am leading you always into it.  You just have to follow, trust and step into the challenge.  Like all challenges, it won't be as hard once you get started.  Listen for me throughout and lean on me to guide you through.  I love you daughter.